Abstract: An apparatus for automatically mounting tension springs (tension coil springs) to suspend a seat frame and a pad receiving member forming an automotive seat is disclosed which comprises a supply hopper, a transfer mechanism, a guide member, a setting device and a direction restricting member. In the apparatus, when loaded into the supply hopper, the tension springs are separated from one another and then discharged one by one therefrom to the transfer mechanism, where they are rectified in the right and left deviations thereof by the guide member before they are delivered to the setting device. Then, the tension springs are caught and lifted up by the setting device and, during this lifting operation, they are rectified in the direction thereof by the direction restricting member, so that they can be automatically mounted to the seat frame as well as to the pad receiving member.

Abstract: A hand held tool for removing springs from a metal picture frame. The tool includes a bent shaft and a U-shaped paddle provided on the end thereof for engaging the spring to be pulled.

Abstract: A system for forming substantially diamond-shaped gussets to be used in the production of panty hose garments wherein the gussets are formed by severing a circular knit tube along a bias angle of approximately 30.degree. subsequently to form strips having a width corresponding to the desired width of a gusset. The strip then is severed along a prescribed angle of approximately 30.degree. to define a gusset wherein the fabric wales extend parallel to a line extending from one point to the diagonally opposite point of the diamond-shaped gusset. The gusset is then transferred and oriented for subsequent sewing to hosiery blanks in the forming of panty hose.

Abstract: A tool kit is provided for enabling easy removal and attachment of a watch strap or band to a watch using spring bar type connectors. The tool kit comprises a work table and one or more tools which are stored in compartments in the work table and held releasably therein by detent means. The work table includes a watch support pad on which the watch is positioned for removal and attachment of the strap or band with one of the tools, the pad being made of rubber or other suitable material so as not to harm the watch finish. The work table also includes a pintle-compressing member in the form of a generally upright plate-like member having a first side wall and a recessed second side wall connected together at one end by a narrow end wall whose thickness is selected to compress a pintle of the spring bar connector when the plate-like member is positioned between a free watch case lug and a free end of the connector with the other end of the connector being engaged against the other watch case lug.

Abstract: A tool is supported by a support face on the upper side of a spinning or twisting ring, with a bearing face bearing on the outer edge of the ring. A hook engages by a tip below the inner end of a ring traveller, which is brought into a predetermined position by a permanent magnet let into a support part. By actuating the tool, the hook is moved in the direction of the support face, so that it lifts the ring traveller over the inner edge of the ring. After passing over the inner edge and due to its spring action, the expanded ring traveller jumps into a channel, which leads to a collecting container. With such a removal of the ring traveller from the ring, the yarn drawn by the ring traveller remains undamaged.

Abstract: A spring installation tool for article loading machines is provided to facilitate the application of a biasing spring to sets of guide fingers. Fundamentally, the invention includes an elongated frame member having a tubular portion at a first end thereof for receiving the biasing spring. A rod is provided having a ring at one end which encompasses the tubular portion while being maintained in spring-biased engagement at an opposite end thereof with a second end of the frame member. The rod is operative for reciprocating movement with respect to the frame member to effectuate forcing of the biasing spring from the tubular portion. In use, the tubular portion, bearing a biasing spring, is placed over the end section of a set of guide fingers and the rod is reciprocated to force the spring from the tubular portion into securing and biasing engagement with the fingers.

Abstract: An expander device, particularly for use in expanding springs, piston rings, circlips and similar objects, comprises a support member and an actuating member which are pivotally connected to one another and equipped with handgrip portions. A pair of expanding jaws is mounted on the support member for pivoting in a plane which is parallel to the axis of pivoting of the actuating member relative to the support member. A transmission converts the pivoting of the actuating member into spreading apart of the jaws, the transmission including a ratchet mechanism which includes a toothed rack mounted on a guide track for movement in the frontward direction of the device, a transporting pawl which is actuated by the actuating member so as to engage the teeth of the rack and to move the latter, and an arresting pawl which arrests the rack against movement in the rearward direction of the support member.

Abstract: A tool for dismantling a locking ring consisting of an annular portion having a plurality of radially projecting circumferentially spaced locking tongues for supporting a bearing element such as a ring in an opening in a housing or the like. The annular portion of the locking ring seats against the axial end face of the bearing element and the tongues wedge against the sidewall of the housing at an angle. The dismantling tool comprises a generally disc-like member having a circumferential rib depending from one axial face thereof adapted to abut the annular portion of the locking ring radially inwardly of the locking tongues. An outer member overlies the disc-like member and has a depending flange closely circumscribing the outer sidewall of the disc member of a diameter slightly smaller than the opening in the housing.

Abstract: An automatic fastener emplacement mechanism for selectively applying fasteners, such as spring clips, to a work piece is provided. The mechanism preferably includes a vibratory hopper or other storage means for receiving the spring clips in bulk and properly orienting same on a track and an assembly tool having a nose piece for properly positioning the tool relative to the work piece and a ram for driving the fastener onto the work piece. Placement of the work piece properly within the nose piece will result in contact and/or displacement of an actuation member or trigger by the work piece which will cause a single fastener such as a spring clip to be fed, preferably by known means such as pneumatically through an escapement down a delivery tube, directly from the hopper track to the work piece. The clip is held in the nose piece against the work piece by the continued introduction of compressed air into the tube. Thus, the nose piece does not require a stop member or a catcher/holder mechanism.

Abstract: This invention provides a removal arrangement for a fastener element which includes spaced exterior portions of a first diameter with a frustoconical portion in between, the frustoconical portion tapering from the first portion to a shoulder that connects to the third portion. A resilient retainer ring fits within a groove in a grommet attachable to a workpiece and encircles the fastener element at the first and third surface portions, and is engageable with the shoulder for preventing separation of the fastener element from the retainer ring. In the removal of the fastener element, an expansible member is extended over the fastener to encircle it at the third surface portion, the expansible member presenting an exterior surface substantially that of the first diameter of the fastener, bridging between the first and second surface portions so that said fastener element can be withdrawn from the retainer ring.

Abstract: A key for removing locking members from drive chains or the like comprised of a rigid body, at least one release groove and one reset groove formed in said body, with said release groove being tapered to form a wedge with one end of said body and being adapted to engage with, lift, and then release said locking member from said drive chain when the key is suitably positioned within the central opening of a fastened locking member and rotated therein, and with said reset groove being formed such that, when the reset groove end of the key is suitably placed within the central opening of an unfastened locking member suitably positioned over the sprocket shafts of adjacent chain links, the key can be rotated to reset the locking member to a fastened position.